Port Authority of New York and New Jersey

TALLAHASSEE -- Gov. Rick Scott tomorrow will recommend $35 million in new spending on projects at Port Canaveral, Port Everglades and Port of Tampa. Scott is slated to announce the proposal during a speech at the American Association of Port Authority's annual convention in Orlando. The proposal will includde $9.7 milion for Port Canaveral to develop a container yard and $10.4 million for Port of Tampa to improve its container yard. Port Everglades, under the proposal, would receive $14.7 million to support the Turning Notch project, which would lengthen the existing deepwater turning area for cargo ships, allowing for up to five new cargo berths. Over the last t hree years, the...

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